Could the intrinsic rate of increase represent the fitness in terrestrial ectotherms?

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 148-151

  Shi, Peijian ^a   Sandhu, Hardev S ^b   Ge, Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Intrinsic optimum temperature; Population size; Propensity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; INTRINSIC RATE OF INCREASE; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERRESTRIAL ECTOTHERM; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

EID: 84874350842     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Amarasekare P., Savage V. A framework for elucidating the temperature dependence of fitness. Am. Nat. 2012, 179:178-191.
2. Bonato O., Ikemoto T., Shi P., Ge F., Sun Y., Cao H. Common-intersection hypothesis of development rate lines of ectotherms within a taxon revisited. J. Therm. Biol. 2011, 36:422-429.
3. Campbell A., Frazer B.D., Gilbert N., Gutierrez A.P., Mackauer M. Temperature requirements of some aphids and their parasites. J. Appl. Ecol. 1974, 11:431-438.
4. de Jong G. A biophysical interpretation of temperature-dependent body size in Drosophila aldrichi and D. buzzatii. J. Therm. Biol. 2010, 35:85-99.
5. Efron B., Tibshirani R.J. An Introduction to the Bootstrap 1994, Chapman & Hall/CRC, New York.
6. Gibert P., de Jong G. Temperature dependence of development rate and adult size in Drosophila species: biophysical parameters. J. Evol. Biol. 2001, 14:267-276.
7. Huey R.B., Berrigan D. Temperature, demography, and ectotherm fitness. Am. Nat. 2001, 158:204-210.
8. Ikemoto T. Intrinsic optimum temperature for development of insects and mites. Environ. Entomol. 2005, 34:1377-1387.
9. Ikemoto T., Kurahashi I., Shi P. Confidence interval of intrinsic optimum temperature estimated using thermodynamic SSI model. Insect Sci. 2013, In press. 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01525.x.
10. Karan D., Morin J.P., Moreteau B., David J.R. Body size and developmental temperature in Drosophila melanogaster: analysis of body weight reaction norm. J. Therm. Biol. 1998, 23:301-309.
11. Karino K., Niiyama H., Chiba M. Horn length is the determining factor in the outcomes of escalated fights among male Japanese horned beetles, Allomyrina dichotoma L. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). J. Insect Behav. 2005, 18:805-815.
12. Kingsolver J.G., Huey R.B. Size, temperature, and fitness: three rules. Evol. Ecol. Res. 2008, 10:251-268.
13. McCullough E.L., Weingarden P.R., Emlen D.J. Costs of elaborate weapons in a rhinoceros beetle: how difficult is it to fly with a big horn?. Behav. Ecol. 2012, In press. 10.1093/beheco/ars069.
14. Mills S.K., Beatty J.H. The propensity interpretation of fitness. Philos. Sci. 1979, 46:263-286.
15. Sandhu H.S., Shi P., Kuang X., Xue F., Ge F. Applications of the bootstrap to insect physiology. Fla. Entomol. 2011, 94:1036-1041.
16. Schoolfield R.M, Sharpe P.J.H., Magnuson C.E. Non-linear regression of biological temperature-dependent rate models based on absolute reaction-rate theory. J. Theor. Biol. 1981, 88:719-731.
17. Sharpe P.J.H., DeMichele D.W. Reaction kinetics of poikilotherm development. J. Theor. Biol. 1977, 64:649-670.
18. Shi P., Li B.-L., Ge F. Intrinsic optimum temperature of the diamondback moth and its ecological meaning. Environ. Entomol. 2012, 41:714-722.
19. Sober E. The two faces of fitness. Thinking about evolution: historical, philosophical, and political perspectives 2001, vol. 2:309-321. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
20. Sun R. Principles of Animal Ecology 2001, Beijing Normal University Press, Beijing, (pp. 178-190). third edition,.
21. Uvarov B.P. Insects and climate. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 1931, 79:1-232.
22. van der Have T.M., de Jong G. Adult size in ectotherms: temperature effects on growth and differentiation. J. Theor. Biol. 1996, 183:329-340.